Google seeks to monetize AI, rival Microsoft with new Gemini model

New Delhi: Google on Wednesday launched Gemini 2.0, its new generation of artificial intelligence models, that it says is equipped to break down complex queries, burnishing the tool's appeal as a more useful, practical product for businesses to adopt. Today, we're excited to launch our next era of models built for this new agentic era—Gemini 2.0, our most capable model yet," Google and Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai said in a blog post on Wednesday. Improved performance A set of technical benchmarks published by Google during Gemini 2.0’s launch said that the new model is nearly 9% better than its predecessor, Gemini 1.5 Pro. Gemini 2.0 will be a key competitor to Microsoft and OpenAI’s partnership on the latter’s Generative Pre-trained Transistors AI models, which industry stakeholders said is key to monetizing investments in AI. Google’s pitch with the new models is to push its AI models to corporate generative AI development—in the same way that Microsoft claimed fine tweaks to make Azure the preferred cloud platform for enterprises.